Viasa Flight 742
1969 plane crash in Maracaibo, Venezuela / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Viasa Flight 742 was an international, scheduled passenger flight from Caracas, Venezuela to Miami International Airport with an intermediate stopover in Maracaibo, Venezuela that crashed on 16 March 1969. After taking off on the Maracaibo to Miami leg, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 hit a series of power lines before crashing into the La Trinidad section of Maracaibo. All 84 people on board perished, as well as 71 on the ground.[1]
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Accident | |
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Date | March 16, 1969 (1969-03-16) |
Summary | Short runway with faulty temperature sensors, and pilot error due to calculations of incorrect information leading to overloading of aircraft |
Site | Grano de Oro Airport, Maracaibo, Venezuela 10.694°N 71.637°W / 10.694; -71.637 |
Total fatalities | 155 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
Operator | Viasa |
IATA flight No. | VA742 |
ICAO flight No. | VIA742 |
Call sign | Viasa 742 |
Registration | YV-C-AVD |
Flight origin | Simón Bolívar International Airport, Caracas |
Stopover | Grano de Oro Airport, Maracaibo |
Destination | Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida |
Occupants | 84 |
Passengers | 74 |
Crew | 10 |
Fatalities | 84 |
Survivors | 0 |
Ground casualties | |
Ground fatalities | 71 |
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